Alice The Madness Returns Walkthrough Part 13 – The Mysterious East Part 3
Head on out over the void with the fans and move along. About the fourth fan you are on, look out carefully to spot a flying snout. Pepper it to rotate a fan. When you reach the invisible platforms, head to the right and take one upwards. It will lead you to the fan you moved and a memory. Now follow the fans along to the left and you will reach some steam vents. Ride them and two fans after the second steam vent you are back on solid ground. Turn right to find a keyhole with a bottle inside it. Just walk forward to return to where it started. Now head to the left and take the steam vent upwards. Continue on using the second steam vent to climb higher. Head forward and into the cave.
Things get interesting inside the cave. There are two spinning statues breathing fire. You need to move carefully to avoid getting burned alive, hiding behind stone. Head to the left. Jump the gap and make for the honeycombed wall. Be wary as there is a Lion Statue that breathes fire very close to it so be sure its eyes are not glowing. Smash through the wall to find a Fish Statue. Pull it to form an easy path to cross above the lava below you. First though, head out of this hole and to the left. Jump the lava pit and go into the keyhole you see. Through there you will find a memory and a Radula Room. Inside the Radula Room its survival against Cannon crabs and Madcaps. Completion, of course, rewards you with a jar of Rose Paint.
Head go ahead and cross over the pit of lava to the keyhole behind the statue that is raising and smashing down. It is best to slip through just as the statue behind to raise. You must repeat this on the far side of the keyhole as well but it is also possible to simply dodge out of the way. Head on up the stairs that you find in the room.
In this room you need to fight a few Samurai Wasps and an Archer Wasp. Beat them then cross to the other side of the room using the bridge. Of course be mindful of the crushing statue at the beginning of the bridge. Head up the stairs to the right, smashing the honeycombed wall in front of you. Inside this new room you have another spinning Lion Statue. Move in close to it and head to the left, climbing the slope quickly. You will find a honeycombed wall to smash and inside it a Fish Statue with a chain and a bottle to the immediate right. The chain sets into a motion a number of pillars you need to use to reach a high pressure plate. Be careful as the Lion Statues do breath fire that is instantly deadly. When you reach the pressure plate, drop a Clockwork Bomb and hover down to the door. The room contains the next scroll of destiny.
Take the mushroom upwards and jump to the left, pulling the nearby chain. Head through the opening and be wary of the Archer Wasps. Dodging them is simply timing your movements right. Next jump and hover from the ledge to the mushroom. Take the bounce to the right and drop down between the heads that shoot fire. Drop all the way to the bottom and shrink. Go through the small gap and then use the mushroom above you to bounce through the leaves above and let you continue to the right. Timing is more important here as you must dodge two jets of flame to reach a steam vent. Take the vent to the right then drop down the ledge, jumping and shrinking to cross the pit safely while avoiding the fireballs. Climb up to the next mushroom and bounce to the left to reach the ledge over there. You will find a Peach sitting on it. Grab it then hit the mushroom again and head to the right. Head over to the rock and push it when prompted to start things moving with the rock rolling and smashing three wasps in the process. Now pull the next chain you find to open a floating course below you. Drop down through the opening to the right. After the first ledge jump to the left and start floating. Get past the second ledge and try to drop down center between the two sets of spikes then to the right to land safely on solid ground. Head to the right and take the first two mushrooms up, going to the right first from the second mushroom. There, pull the chain above you to lower the statue and let you get to the peach behind it. Now bounce to the left and ground the second peach you can see. When you reach the final mushroom, aim to land on the cloud above you just to the right. Now hop over to the one on the left and keep going left to find a Peach. Now head to the right and keep moving! Much the ground will fall just seconds after you step onto it. The ledge at least is safe. To the right you will find a village aflame, once again keep moving as there are Archer Wasps shooting arrows. Climb up using the rooftops and go to the right. Stay on the higher roofs and keep moving upwards. Another peach rests at the very top of the village. You just need to jump onto the cloud and hop over a rooftop to reach it. Head to the right and you will find the exit to this area.
Outside of the scroll head straight forward. When you drop off the next ledge you need to fight a few Menacing and Insidious Ruins. Head through the now opened gate and take the steam vent across to the moving platforms. On the other side it is once again time to put together a puzzle. Head to the right of the puzzle to find a small cave with a hole in the floor. Drop down through it and fight a large number of Slithering Ruins. After you beat them, smash through the Crystallized Ruin Wall and collect the first puzzle piece. Keep moving along this path though as there is another to be found in this area. Jump the gap and smash the next Ruin Wall to return outside. Use the steam vent to reach the moving platform and cross over to the small cut in area. This is very interesting to deal with. You need to climb up a series of invisible platforms and the bottom one is raised up by stepping on the nearby pressure plate. Drop a Clockwork Bomb on it and quickly scale them to the reach the puzzle piece. Now head forward and cross over to reach the puzzle area again. Head to the left this time and you will have a choice of either going to the left or up.
Going up leads to the keyhole through which you will find two paths. Taking the first right leads to a bottle as does the second. Going to the left leads to a large room with a Bounce mushroom that will pop up if you go up the slope. Climb the heights with the mushrooms and loop to the left to find a pressure plate a short ways away from an Ant Geisha statue. Drop a Clockwork Bomb on it and head up to the newly opened door to collect the next puzzle piece. Drop down and head out through the keyhole.
To the left leads to a short series of invisible platforms you need to climb to reach the final piece. Time to put this thing together now.
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Head through the now open gate and cross using the exposed cage tops. On the second cage, use the prompt to see an Archer Wasp. Shoot it down then continue along the path of cages. Timing is everything going from the third to fourth cage. Move carefully upwards and head to the upper edge of the platform. Look at the left hand wall carefully and you will spot a snout. Pepper it to lower two cages and open up a door. At the end of this path is a memory. Return to the fourth cage and ride it up. Now hop over to the high steam vent and cross over to the fifth cage using that. Take the next steam vent up and you will be facing down some Samurai Wasp. Now head up the stairs and through the newly opened door. Inside this arena you will need to face a Colossal Ruin and some Samurai and Wasps supporting it. The Ink Wasp tablet can be found above on the right-hand side. Smash it and the second one that is on a high ledge on the opposite side. With them destroyed it is a lot easier to take down the Colossal Ruin. Now, before you ring the gong, explore along the left side of the area. You will find a keyhole hidden behind a toppled pillar. Head through it to find a new path as well as a bottle. Take the Bounce mushroom inside this keyhole area up. You will find a fish Statue that will ring the bell on the Frog's Back. It spits something up that opens your way forward. Head through that gate and go straight across. Head into the new cave. Look to the left to find a honeycombed wall you can smash that has a bottle inside it resting in a keyhole. Next hop the gap and smash the next wall to move on.
Head forward through the cave. Fight the Samurai and Archer Wasp. You will find a section of honeycombed wall in the floor of that room, use Shrink Sense to locate it if nothing else, and smash through it. Drop down and smash through the next wall. Now shrink down and go through the keyhole you find and smash through the next piece of floor. Here you need to climb up the cages and ascend toward the steam vent using the moving platforms. When you reach the large circular stone platform at the end of this, be ready for a fight. The Daymio Samurai Wasp will attack you as will numerous Archer Wasps supporting it. Defeating either will set a pair of Samurai Wasp on you. Still, after the fight look up and pepper the snout you see above. This leads to a memory. Collect it then head through the main door to the next part of the scroll of destiny.
Head on forward. Take the first mushroom up and to the right to find a chain. Pull it to kill the Wasp that otherwise would have blocked your passage. Drop down and head through the corridor. Walk up to the boulder under the statue and push it to wipe out more Wasps. As your drop down the first part, fall carefully as there is a peach none to far from the spikes that were broken. Either float down onto it or jump up to it from nearby the remaining spikes. Take the next mushroom up but stay centered to avoid going into spikes. Take the clouds to the left and jump onto the next mushroom. Head to the right, along the branch with the leaves on it, then drop to the left. At the far left edge of the area below the branch you will find a peach. Cross over to the right and pull the chain to make a steam vent appear. Take it upwards and to the right. When you next drop down, move quickly to the right, do not hesitate in any part of this as the ceiling will descend and spear you. Now hop onto the golden cloud and let it carry you along. Be sure to shrink for the second right of the trip as it leads you right under some spikes. When it stops hop down and take the mushroom to the next cloud. Again ride it up, shrinking immediately to avoid getting speared. Next hop onto the nearby mushroom and use that to get onto the rotating golden cloud above you. Take it to the left to find a peach and to the right to press on. The next bit is something of a challenge. You need to use steam vents to first reach a chain then to navigate through some lion heads as they shoot fireballs as you. When you reach the last steam vent, simply drop down. You will find a peach waiting for you next to a bounce mushroom. Bounce over to the right and keep going that direction past the house and crossing gaps as needed with the golden clouds. When you find the stationary golden cloud, hop on it and you will be rushed up a column with numerous Lion Heads. Move Alice around the cloud to avoid the fireballs. Head to the right and jump the final gap to reach the exit of the final scroll.
Head forward once again to exit this sacred cave. Simply run forward up the stairs to reach the top of this area. Enter the Temple and you will have a conversation with Caterpillar. He will invite you in and drop the floor from underneath you. Climb the ramp to the left to reach reach him and have a face to face conversation. He tells you to go serve the queen, in all her forms. The area crumbles around you and you return to London.
